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Barack Obama: John McCain has ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy toward the cliff. And now he wants to take the…

On the recordOctober 27, 2008
John McCain has ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy toward the cliff. And now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama criticizes McCain's connection to Bush's economic policies.

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